lunabee34

I have other scars that aren't so personal - on my knee, thigh, toe, finger, elbow and chin. They're all from random accidents (respectively, I was at the beach and underwater rocks are sharp; I dropped something on my toe doing laundry; I cut myself at work; I had a random skin infection; when I was a kid I fell over in the school playground and split my chin)
and they don't arouse the same protective/vulnerable instinct that the one on my wrist does.

It's the difference between scars that are part of life (McClane would probably see a lot of his bullet wounds this way LOL) and scars that are attached to other nastiness, to strong, negative emotions.

The other thing to remember is that touching healthy skin is different from touching scar tissue - scar tissue is significantly more sensitive, so if you have a character lovingly tracing his lover's old wounds it's worth thinking about whether the lover is the type of person who would *like* the extra sensory input. In my experience it's kind of ticklish, which is not necessarily a good thing in a sex scene.

Basically, for me personally it's hands-off the scars.